The former Australian darts team captain has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years' imprisonment for child sex abuse crimes committed online against Filipino children in 2019.
Rodney Noel Bessell was charged with six counts of procuring an overseas child to engage in sexual activity, and four counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child, other than sexual intercourse.
Bessell was also charged with transmitting and possessing child abuse material.
The 64-year-old Tasmanian man, who now lives in North Queensland, pleaded guilty to all charges.
The Burnie Supreme Court heard Bessell had paid a Filipino mother for her children to perform sex acts for him via livestream in 2019.
Bessell was also found in possession of sexually explicit images of underage girls.
In delivering the sentence, Justice Tamara Jago said it was an aggravating factor that Bessell bartered over the price of sexual material, which he paid approximately $100 for in total.
She said it spoke to the "vulnerability" of the girls to exploitation, and said Bessell had treated them as "mere commodities for your entertainment".
She said the "gross inappropriateness" of his actions were apparent.
Justice Jago said comments made by Bessell in a Skype chat log, including a request for "any youngy-youngs around", indicated he must have appreciated their ages.
Offending wasn't 'spontaneous'
In deciding upon the sentence, Justice Jago considered the age and number of children involved and the harm inflicted, their vulnerability to exploitation, including the country they lived in and their economic circumstances, and the gravity of the sexual activity depicted, amongst other considerations.
She said there was a clear disparity in age and level of maturity, and harm perpetrated by any form of child abuse was "grave".
"This offending could not be said to be spontaneous," she said.
"The children were young, vulnerable and unable to protect themselves."
In deciding upon an appropriate jail term, Justice Jago said the time sentence reflected an appropriate balance between punishment and reintegration into the community.
She accepted Bessell was "ashamed and embarrassed" by his behaviour, so much so that he left his Tasmanian community to live in Queensland, but was unsure of his "degree of insight" into his actions.
The three-and-a-half-year sentence has a non-parole period of 18 months.
